Portuguese Living Standards, 1720–1980, in European Comparison: Heights, Income, and Human Capital

Yvonne Stolz; J. Baten; J. Reis

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-0289.2012.00658.x

Corpus ID: 73565474

Portuguese Living Standards, 1720–1980, in European Comparison: Heights, Income, and Human Capital

@article{Stolz2013PortugueseLS,
  title={Portuguese Living Standards, 1720–1980, in European Comparison: Heights, Income, and Human Capital},
  author={Yvonne Stolz and J. Baten and J. Reis},
  journal={Economic History eJournal},
  year={2013}
}

Yvonne Stolz, J. Baten, J. Reis

Published 2013

Economics

Economic History eJournal

When and why did the Portuguese become the shortest Europeans? In order to find the answer to this question, we trace the trend in Portuguese living standards from the 1720s until recent times. We find that during the early nineteenth century average height in Portugal did not differ significantly from average height in most other European countries, but that when, around 1850, European anthropometric values began to climb sharply, Portugal's did not. In a panel analysis of 12 countries, we… CONTINUE READING

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